Prionolobus sequens Waagen 1895 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323

Belongs to Prionolobus according to L. F. Spath 1934

See also Waagen 1895

Sister taxa: Meekoceras (Prionolobus) waageni, Prionolobus buchianus, Prionolobus hanieli, Prionolobus hubeiensis, Prionolobus indoaustralicus, Prionolobus konincki, Prionolobus lucinus, Prionolobus ophioneus, Prionolobus orbis, Prionolobus planulatus, Prionolobus welteri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Virgal, upper Ceratite Sandstone (Flemingites beds), Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine sandstone in the Ceratite Sandstone Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 59.0

Distribution: found only at Virgal, upper Ceratite Sandstone (Flemingites beds), Salt Range

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